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Evaluating Wikipedia

I chose to evaluate an article on Francis Stillman Barnard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Stillman_Barnard
 * 1) Evaluating Content: this article is a good synopsis of Frank Barnard's life and accomplishments. However, I would suggest proof reading the paragraph a bit more (i.e. "He continued in this position he continued until 1888"); the spelling and grammar mistakes were distracting. And some sentences could be moved around to better fit the chronology of the article, as well as capitalization of a few words. More details could also be added too; for instance, the article claims he was knighted but by whom? I feel like there should be details about this person's life if he was such a public figure.
 * 2) Evaluating Tone: I like the tone of this article is straight forward and non biased. Its just a simple biography, albeit it would use more details. Again, I feel his accomplishments, such as being knighted, are underrepresented and could be expanded on more.
 * 3) Evaluating Sources: this article had tons of edits over 12 years but only three sources, one of those being the portrait used. Is it possible that there just isn't much info on this person? Why only two sources?
 * 4) Checking the Talk Page: this article is listed as a Start-Class, Mid-Importance WikiProject Biography on its talk page. It is part of the WikiProject Canada and is supported by the WikiProject British Columbia and WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Francis_Stillman_Barnard

Kxm087 (talk) 00:26, 11 February 2019 (UTC)